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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google/AdMob Deal Review The Wall Street Journal looks at the FTC’s inquiry into Google buying AdMob. From a distance, it appears that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission might scuttle the deal due to anti-trust concerns. The WSJ reports, “[The FTC] sent letters to AdMob’s […]

It’s a rumor at this point, but an anonymous source informs AdExchanger.com that a “major” complaint is likely to be filed tomorrow by a consumer organization that “strikes at the heart of real-time bidding.” As many of you know, real-time bidding is believed to provide greater efficiency in digital display advertising by allowing advertisers and […]

“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Ben Barokas is Chief Revenue Officer of AdMeld, a publisher yield optimization company. The Publisher vs. Ad Network thread is among the industry’s oldest and most provocative. There’s been a requisite panel about it at nearly every conference over the past […]

Walter Knapp is COO of Lijit Networks, a search tool proving analytics to publishers and audience targeting to advertisers. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Lijit solving? It appears to be a couple of problems potentially. WK: You’re right there are really two problems that Lijit solves.  The first is for publishers.  If you think about it, […]

Will Margiloff, Chairman of Netmining and co-CEO of Innovation Interactive, discussed Netmining’s new SiteInsights product which provides audience insights for a marketer’s campaigns. Read more. AdExchanger.com: Given Netmining’s terminology around “scoring,” do you see the Netmining SiteInsights platform as a solution for lead generation marketers, in particular? WM: We are clearly focused on direct response […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The RTB Deal On ClickZ, Razorfish’s Matt Greitzer takes a look at real-time bidding and explains the audience-buying meaning: “Real-time bidding, for sure, represents an opportunity to extend micro-segmentation and price de-averaging to the extreme… But, marketers and agencies should be clear on where, […]

Jeremy Helfand, EVP and Chief Sales Officer, at United Online, discussed the company’s new audience-buying platform – Adcurate – which enables audience buying of United Online properties. AdExchanger.com: How will United Online differentiate from competitors such as Fox Audience Network with the Adcurate™ platform? JH: Adcurate is intensely focused on audiences – who they are, […]

“Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Rob Leathern, CEO of XA.net, a demand-side platform. The companies like ours that started looking at the buying-side opportunity in display in 2007 were encouraged by what […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Brightcove Gets $12 Million More Bringing its grand total to $99 million in venture capital raised (let’s pass the hat and get ’em up to an even $100 mil), Brightcove announced that it has raised $12 million led by existing investors Accel Partners and […]

“Displaying Search” is a column capturing the intersection of display advertising and search marketing. Today’s column is written by Dax Hamman, VP, Display Media, at iCrossing, a digital marketing agency. Have you stopped and looked at our portion of the industry lately? Have you seen how confusing it really is? Imagine you are a paid […]

Greg Rogers is CEO of Pictela, a brand content distribution platform. AdExchanger.com: How is your Tacoda experience relevant to what you’re doing today with Pictela? GR: At Tacoda we developed a sophisticated targeting engine. Now that the industry can effectively reach the right people, the next step is to build an advanced messaging platform that […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Selling And Exchanges Mediaweek’s Mike Shields says that several financial website publishers – such as Bloomberg, TheStreet.com and WSJ.com – dispute ad network InterCLICK’s assertions that it can re-sell their inventory. interCLICK president, Michael Katz, told Shields that his company had done nothing wrong […]

Florian Kahlert is Vice President of Knowledge Networks, a research company. AdExchanger.com: Knowledge Networks is not just a digitally-focused company. Can you talk about the big picture goals for the company? FK: Knowledge Networks is among the top 15 custom survey research companies in the U.S., and we specialize in solving high-impact business issues. Our […]

IPG Mediabrands’ agency trading desk, Cadreon, recently announced plans to track and verify audience in addition to integrating ad verification vendor technology. Read more on MediaPost. Cadreon’s VP of Media Technology Michael Brunick discussed the latest developments in the holding company’s trading desk strategies. AdExchanger.com: Regarding new audience verification strategy, Cadreon will use “various Research […]

Adgregate Markets announced a new partnership with rich media advertising provider, PointRoll, which will embed Adgregate’s Shop Ads e-commerce technology within PointRoll ads. Read the release. Adgregate Markets CEO Henry Wong discussed the partnership and its attribution capabilities. How does the integration work of Adgregate Markets technology into PointRoll technology? Adgregate’s suite of APIs and […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Venture-Backed Exits Up Dow Jones VentureSource has already released a review of 1st quarter venture activity for 2010 and identified among other findings that “Eight U.S. venture-backed companies raised $711 million by going public on U.S. stock exchanges, matching the number of initial public […]

Josh Shatkin-Margolis is CEO of Magnetic, a search retargeting technology company. AdExchanger.com: You touched on it in our interview around your recent funding. What problem is Magnetic looking to solve? Targeting advertisements to visitors of websites without direct knowledge of user intent is difficult. Many targeting and data companies lack transparency in customer segmentation. To […]

The research arm of DeSilva & Phillips recently published a paper called “Ad Exchanges, RTB and the Future of Online Advertising” about the fast-moving, digital advertising ecoystem. You can download it here. Jay C. MacDonald, Partner, DeSilva + Phillips, discussed the research paper and today’s M&A environment. AdExchanger.com: For DeSilva & Phillips, what were the […]

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. UK’s Online Strength It’s good news for UK online advertising according to the results of a IAB and PricewaterhouseCoopers advertising spend report. Read more. From the IAB’s UK site: “The UK internet advertising sector increased revenues by 4.2% to £3.54 billion in 2009, up […]

OpenX announced a major expansion of its exchange strategy and infrastructure as it will partner with Orange-France Telecom Group to create the Orange Ad Market. According to a release, “The initial launch will take place in the second quarter of 2010 in the UK and France with planned launches following elsewhere in Orange’s European footprint.” […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Banking Bill: A Startup Killer The NextNY blog makes an impassioned plea to torpedo certain parts of Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd’s banking bill which will undermine the efforts of a critical part of the startup capital value chain in the U.S. – angel investors […]

“Networking” is written by members of the online advertising network community. Today’s column is written by Jeff Hirsch, President and CEO, AudienceScience. A publisher that invests heavily in developing quality, valuable content correspondingly creates two primary assets that advertisers demand.  The one we have grown most familiar with is space, or inventory.  The one that […]

Doug Burke is General Manager of FatTail, an online advertising technology company. AdExhchanger.com: How did FatTail begin? DB: FatTail formed in 2001 to apply the tools and technologies of financial trading systems to the data rich world of online advertising. The founding team, which continues to lead the market’s innovations, had extensive experience in advanced […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Online Video Ad Upfront The Upfront, as it has been known, is a time of year where marketers and broadcast media companies lock down big deals for the year. Mediaweek’s Mike Shields says that online video ad networks are out to “steal” a share […]

BlueKai released its latest Pulse Index with particular focus around car buyers and insights such as “the appearance of Kia and Hyundai in the Top 20 Car Models may indicate a shift in intent towards more ‘value’ -focused brands. “. Download the Pulse Index (PDF). And, read the release. BlueKai CEO Omar Tawakol discussed the […]

Will Margiloff is Founder and co-CEO of Innovation Interactive, a digital marketing services company owned by ad holding company, Dentsu. Can you share the progress being made with the integration into Dentsu? Any unforeseen synergies being unlocked at this early stage? We are in the early stages of our deal so many of the opportunities […]

“Networking” is a column focused on the evolving roles of networks in online advertising. Today’s column is written by Tyler Moebius, CEO of Adconion, an online advertising network. Traditionally, ad networks have been perceived as enablers, as tools advertisers and agencies can use to increase campaign efficiency, extend their reach and add scale. An agency […]